$4,000.00 Reward (Nielsen, Till, Henschell & Billings)
Ian & Pam Dorion dorioni@ipa.net
Wed, 11 Mar 1998 06:14:43 -0600 (00889640083, 199803111216.GAA15570@thunder.ipa.net)
> >>> > IAN
> >>> > OK. This is what the reward is going to look like. If any of you
have any
> >>> > objections, now or in the future, please state them as soon as
possible.
> >>> >
> >>> > $4,000.00* REWARD
> >>> >
> >>> > Tell us exactly what happened on the first Easter and win
$4,000.00*.
> >>> >
> >>> > Read: Matthew 28
> >>> > Mark 16
> >>> > Luke 24
> >>> > John 20 & 21
> >>> > 1 Corinthians 15:3-8
> >>> >
> >>> > Then, without omitting a single detail from the accounts, write one
> >>> > consistent narrative - with scriptural citations - of the events
from
> >>the
> >>> > Resurrection to the Ascension of Jesus Christ.
> >>> >
> >>> > Then mail your claim for $4,000.00* REWARD to:
> >>> > RESURRECTION REWARD
> >>> > PO Box 3127
> >>> > Moscow ID 83843-1906
> >>> >
> >>> > * This reward is offered by four $1,000.00 contributors.
> >
> >RALPH
> >Re Tod's suggestion about not adding anything not found in the text,
that
> >is already covered by the phrase *- with scriptural citations -*. Our
offer
> >is airtight; that's why nobody claims it.
> >
> >As for the 4 donors of $1,000 each, is it necessary to go into such
> >details? Our money is perfectly safe anyway. We could have a hundred
donors
> >of $1,000 each, and still nobody is going to claim it.
> >
> >My basic feeling is that such offers must be short and to the point.
Don't
> >bother the potential claimant with irrelevant details. If more folks
want
> >to raise the ante, fine; we can simply raise the amount offered each
time
> >we print another batch. If any fundie asks why the amount increases,
we'll
> >tell him/her that nobody has met the requirements of the reward yet, "So
> >why don't you try? Don't you believe the Word of God?"
>
> RALPH (March 10)
> Here is my version:
>
> $4,000 REWARD!
>
> Tell us exactly what happened on the first Easter and win $4,000!
>
> Read:
>
> Matthew 28
> Mark 16
> Luke 24
> John 20 & 21
> Acts 1:3-12
> 1 Corinthians 15:3-8
>
> Then, without omitting a single detail from the accounts, write one
> consistent narrative - with scriptural citations - of the events from the
> Resurrection to the Ascension of Jesus Christ.
>
> Then mail your claim for $4,000 REWARD to:
>
> RESURRECTION REWARD
> PO Box 3127
> Moscow ID 83843-1906
>
> (Four Bible believers have offered $1,000 each for this reward.)
>
> RALPH
> Add the last sentence in parentheses if you wish. It can't do any harm.
By
> "Bible believer" I mean someone who believes that the Bible says exactly
> what it says.
IAN
I feel the new wording of the last sentence is inappropriate and would
give a negative impression of all you gentlemen.
Acts 1:3 - 12 has not been in the reward up to now so I would like all of
you gentlemen to vote on it. I'm not an expert on the NT but I understand
it isn't needed.